diff --git a/apps/web/cypress/e2e/recipe-sources.feature b/apps/web/cypress/e2e/recipe-sources.feature
index 0225ac3..fc03862 100644
--- a/apps/web/cypress/e2e/recipe-sources.feature
+++ b/apps/web/cypress/e2e/recipe-sources.feature
@@ -64,11 +64,9 @@ Feature: Browsing external recipe sources
     When I visit "/recettes"
     And I click the button "TheMealDB"
     Then I should see the source item "Page 1 Item 1"
-    When I scroll the source list to the bottom
-    Then I should see the source item "Page 2 Item 1"
-    When I scroll the source list to the bottom
-    Then I should see the source item "Page 3 Item 1"
-    And no browse cursor should have been requested more than once
+    When I scroll the source list to the bottom 5 times
+    Then the third page's items should have loaded
+    And no browse cursor should have been requested more than twice
 
   Scenario: Offers a retry when loading the next page fails
     Given the recipe catalog contains nothing
diff --git a/apps/web/cypress/e2e/recipe-sources.ts b/apps/web/cypress/e2e/recipe-sources.ts
index fea1b6d..54af571 100644
--- a/apps/web/cypress/e2e/recipe-sources.ts
+++ b/apps/web/cypress/e2e/recipe-sources.ts
@@ -174,18 +174,38 @@ Given("browsing TheMealDB returns three pages, each addressed by its own cursor"
   });
 });
 
-When("I scroll the source list to the bottom", () => {
-  cy.get(".source-items-column .recipe-table-wrap").scrollTo("bottom", {
-    ensureScrollable: false,
-  });
-  // IntersectionObserver callbacks are delivered on their own task, and the
-  // next page's fetch + merge then needs a render — give both a beat.
-  cy.wait(400);
+When("I scroll the source list to the bottom {int} times", (times: number) => {
+  for (let attempt = 0; attempt < times; attempt += 1) {
+    cy.get(".source-items-column .recipe-table-wrap").scrollTo("bottom", {
+      ensureScrollable: false,
+    });
+    // IntersectionObserver callbacks land on their own task, and the next
+    // page's fetch + merge then needs a render — give both a beat before
+    // the next scroll (which needs fresh content below it to have anything
+    // new to reveal).
+    cy.wait(350);
+  }
 });
 
-Then("no browse cursor should have been requested more than once", () => {
-  const seen = [...threePageCursorsRequested];
-  expect(seen.length, `cursors requested: ${JSON.stringify(seen)}`).to.equal(new Set(seen).size);
+Then("the third page's items should have loaded", () => {
+  // Page 3's marker sits ~30 rows down inside the list's own overflow
+  // container — scroll it in before asserting, like `common.steps.ts`'s
+  // ingredient-row check does. With the stale-closure loop it never loads
+  // at all: `handleLoadMore` keeps re-requesting cursor-2.
+  cy.contains(".recipe-table__name", "Page 3 Item 1").scrollIntoView().should("be.visible");
+});
+
+Then("no browse cursor should have been requested more than twice", () => {
+  const counts = new Map<string, number>();
+  for (const cursor of threePageCursorsRequested) {
+    counts.set(cursor, (counts.get(cursor) ?? 0) + 1);
+  }
+  // React StrictMode double-invokes effects in the e2e dev server (see
+  // recipes.cy.ts), so the panel's initial fetch + one-page-ahead prefetch
+  // can each fire twice — hence "twice", not "once". The issue #38 loop
+  // blows well past that: every scroll re-requests the same stale cursor.
+  const offenders = [...counts.entries()].filter(([, n]) => n > 2);
+  expect(offenders, `cursor request counts: ${JSON.stringify([...counts])}`).to.have.length(0);
 });
 
 // The panel prefetches the next page as soon as page 1 is on screen (before